Until Li Mu left Buckingham Palace in a royal carriage, he didn't understand how valuable this knightly Grand Cross was.
Because he thought it was silly to go out with a medal on his chest, Li Mu took off the medal on the carriage, put it in the box, and then handed it to Li Ziwei, who was also in the carriage, and said: "Ziwei, help me collect it. Bar."
Li Ziwei nodded, and then took off her own medal from the medal handed over by Li Mu, then put it into the box, and then put it all into her bag.
Anne Hathaway also picked up the medal, but was reluctant to put it away. Instead, she held it in her hand and stared at it without blinking. After looking at it for a moment, her eye circles turned red.
Li Mu couldn't help but tease her: "Annie, it's just a medal. You won't cry, right?"
Anne Hathaway looked at Li Mu and said very seriously: "This medal is so precious. There may only be one or two hundred in the world, so I feel very confused and always feel like a dream."
Li Mu smiled and said: "You are not British either. This is nothing more than a reputation."
Anne Hathaway said very seriously: "This reputation alone is priceless..."
White people in Europe and the United States belong to the same cultural roots, so they have a special feeling of surrender to the royal family, even though the royal family no longer governs the country. They attach great importance to the honors awarded by the royal family. For Li Mu, a Chinese with upright roots, he He has no special feelings for these, and he only shows polite respect for the royal family. Of course, as a businessman, Li Mu also has a certain mentality of taking advantage of the social influence of the royal family's aura from a business perspective. He is not a member of the royal family, but Members of the royal family can be used to increase approval among European and American people.
Li Mu didn't feel that this was a great honor. He always felt that this was a normal courtesy exchange, and after all, the royal family took more advantage. After all, conferring honors was their unique privilege, and there was no actual cost to it. But in comparison, the actual value of the gift package he sent to William was so high that it was difficult to exchange for a thousand dollars, and the cost behind it was also real. It was basically equivalent to giving William a big project for free.
The royal carriage was escorted by the Royal Guards all the way to the attached palace where Davidson was waiting. Davidson had received the news in advance and was waiting next to his motorcade.
The carriage stopped next to the motorcade, and the captain of the Royal Guard opened the door of the carriage himself. Li Mu got out of the carriage first, and then very gentlemanly helped Li Ziwei and Anne Hathaway out of the carriage one by one.
Davidson hurriedly walked up and asked Li Mu, "Mr. Li, are we ready to go?"
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "Sorry, Davidson, for keeping you waiting."
Davidson waved his hand gently and said with a smile: "It is my greatest honor to accompany you to Buckingham Palace to accept the Queen's invitation."
As the head of the Goldberg family, the assets Davidson can control or mobilize are much stronger than those of the royal family. However, even so, he must show due respect to the royal family. After all, it is his monarch. If anyone British citizens who are disrespectful to the royal family will inevitably be opposed and protested by the entire UK.
Li Mu handed the medal gift box to Li Ziwei and told her to ride in a car with Anne Hathaway. Then he thanked the captain of the Royal Guard. After doing this, he said to Davidson: "Let's Let’s go.”
Devinson nodded, but his eyes glanced at the gift box that Li Mu handed to Li Ziwei. He himself had also been awarded a medal, so he could naturally tell that the gift box was used to hold medals. It seemed that the Queen had just awarded Li Mu a medal at Buckingham Palace. .
However, although the medals were different, the appearance of the gift box looked the same, so Davidson didn't know what level of medal Li Mu had been awarded, which made him somewhat curious.
Immediately afterwards, Davidson glanced at Li Ziwei's other hand, which also had an identical gift box. Even Anne Hathaway had one in her hand. This made him even more surprised. Did the Queen also award medals to them both? ? Anne Hathaway is not very famous, and she is also very young. Buckingham Palace has never awarded medals to young actors. Normally, British actors must be at least international first-class or nearly first-class before they have the opportunity to be awarded medals. Non-British actors If an actor wants to be awarded a medal, he basically has to be an international superstar.
However, as a young American female star, Anne Hathaway is not qualified to be awarded a medal...
If Anne Hathaway is not qualified to be awarded a medal, then in his opinion, Li Ziwei has no reason to be awarded one. The Queen has awarded medals to celebrities from all over the world, but she has never awarded a medal to a celebrity's assistant. However, this is the same as the Nobel Prize. Any Nobel Prize is awarded to the person who directly creates the result. Even if the same result sometimes authorizes multiple people, it is because these many people have created the result. For the most direct contribution, the personal assistant of a person who created the results will never be included in the award scope.
The Queen has awarded honors to Li Mu’s personal assistants. Isn’t this a bit unjustifiable
Full of curiosity, Davidson and Li Mu got into their Rolls-Royce together.
Subsequently, the motorcade left Buckingham Palace and began its journey to Manchester, escorted by the Royal Guards.
The motorcade was driving very fast, but the car was extremely quiet, and the back seat was completely isolated from the driver. But even so, Davidson still asked Li Mu in a very low voice: "Mr. Li, just now at Buckingham Palace, the Queen awarded you a medal. Yet?"
Li Mu nodded casually: "Granted."
Davidson's face looked exactly as I expected, and he asked with a smile: "What level of medal did the Queen award you?"
When the question was asked, Davidson had already guessed the most likely answer. He felt that the Queen should award Li Mu a CBE this time, which is the middle level among the five levels, because of past experience. From the looks of it, CBE is the highest level among elite foreign entrepreneurs. I have never seen an entrepreneur with a higher level than CBE.
Li Mu thought for a while and said to Davidson in an understatement: "The Queen said it was a Knight's Grand Cross."
"What?!"
Davidson was stunned for a moment, his eyes seemed to pop out, and blurted out: "Grand Cross of Knighthood?! Are you sure it's this level?"
The Knight-level Grand Cross is the highest-level imperial medal. Let alone the pitiful few people who can receive this medal. Even among these pitiful few, most of them have already been buried in the soil when the medal is awarded. Well, Li Mu is so young and a foreigner, how can he get the highest honor of the Imperial Medal
Li Mu nodded calmly and said, "This is the level."
"My God... The Queen must be crazy..." Davidson blurted out almost without thinking, still immersed in huge shock and unable to extricate himself.
Li Mu deliberately teased him: "Why, do you think I am not worthy of receiving this medal?"
Davidson waved his hand hurriedly and explained with a panic look on his face: "Mr. Li, please don't get me wrong. I definitely didn't mean it. I was just too surprised because... because the royal family has never had such a precedent, so let's I feel incredible. It’s incredible because of my deep-rooted understanding of this system. It’s not because you got this medal that I feel incredible. I hope you can understand...”
Li Mu laughed and said: "Davidson, don't be so nervous, I'm just joking with you."
Davidson breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "The Knight Grand Cross is so precious. It can be said to be the highest honor. Congratulations to you for becoming the youngest person in history to receive this medal." Bit."
Li Mu smiled and said: "You and I are in different cultures, different backgrounds, and different social environments. You have your values, and I also have mine. The world is so big. So far, people around the world have not only been in hard Except for the unified values in currency, they are completely different in any other field. Some things are valuable to me, but they may not be worth mentioning to you. Some things are valuable to you, but in my eyes I may not agree. For example, the Grand Cross of Knighthood may mean a lot to you British people, but to me, it is an honorary title. Since it is an honorary title, the first and fifth levels are actually How big of a difference can it make?”
Davidson was slightly startled, and then quickly realized that he attached great importance to this knightly Grand Cross, and that was entirely because of his own set of values. Li Mu was not born and raised in the UK, and had not experienced this set of values. Education, so this honor that he values extremely, in Li Mu's eyes, even if it is not worth mentioning, is definitely not something that makes him excited.
Thinking of this, Davidson was instantly relieved, and he also instantly understood why Li Mu was able to receive this top imperial medal.
The reason for this is very simple. Li Mu himself is a weirdo that has never appeared in this world before. There are still a lot of people in the world who have won the Grand Cross, but if you want to find another Li Mu, it is absolutely impossible. It's impossible.
So, it seems that Davidson finally understands the origin of Li Mu's indifference and indifference. The key to the problem is not whether Li Mu is worthy of this medal, but whether this medal is worthy of Li Mu. It's not good for members of the royal family to feel inferior when they are in front of him. After all, when I was in front of him, I had the thought that I was worthless.
When Davidson thought of this, the feeling of being useless in front of Li Mu came to his heart again.
When people received the Grand Cross GBE, they were calm and didn't care. When I received the CBE, I was so excited that I didn't sleep all night. Come to think of it, this is the difference.
(End of chapter)